Scaffolding Awareness: Read the Tag, Leave It Alone
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Explain why scaffolds must be built and changed only by competent people; and identify guardrails, toe boards, boards and ties.
- Assign to
- Anyone who works on or near scaffolds
- Duration
- 20 minutes
- Evidence
- 11-question quiz
- Your version
- Editable
What they will be able to do
- Explain why scaffolds must be built and changed only by competent people.
- Identify guardrails, toe boards, boards and ties.
- Read a scaffold tag and know the inspection rules.
- Stay off and report a scaffold that isn’t safe.
The course
- 01Why it matters
- 02The parts that keep you safe
- 03Inspections and tags
- 04What you must never do
The decision they practise
In “Jake at the ladder”, a face-to-face conversation, learners practise what to say and do when the other person pushes back. The wrong options are things a well-meaning person might genuinely say, and the feedback explains why each one is tempting. Short animations show “Two ways to load out” and “Plot 7 over the weekend”.
How you know they finished
The 11-question quiz mixes multiple choice, matching and sequencing questions and returns to the opening story.
Roll it out with
Relevant legislation and guidance
The course draws on these. Which ones apply depends on the organisation and the role. Finishing the course is a training record.
- Work at Height Regulations 2005
- Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM)
How this course is built
Interactive activity
Learners practise the decision in the course, including what to say when someone pushes back.
Edit it in the builder
On Growth and above, adapt the scenarios and wording to your own workplace, policies and reporting procedures.
A record they finished
The 11-question quiz closes the course, so you can show who completed it.
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